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US 5,985,206 AGranted
Electroslag refining starter
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRobert John Zabala, Bruce Alan Knudsen, William Thomas Carter, Jr., Mark Gilbert Benz
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Abstract
An electroslag refining starter includes a refined disk fixedly joined in a central aperture of a mounting ring. The mounting ring supports the starter in a crucible below an ingot being electroslag refined. The disk is consumed during starting and is replaceable in the same mounting ring for subsequent reuse.
Claims5
An electroslag refining starter comprising an imperforate refined disk fixedly joined to a coplanar mounting ring therearound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.